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GRAIN BINDER.

No. 372,520. Patented Nov. 1, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY F. ORANDALL, OF MILVAUKEE, VISOONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO THE MILVAUKEE HARVESTER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

eRAlN-B'INDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,520, dated November l, 1887.

Application filed August 16, 1586. Serial Xo. 210,999. (No model.)

To all whom 15 may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. GRANDALL, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee,and iu the State of Visconsin, have invented certain 5 new and useful Improvements in Grain-Binders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to grainbinders, and will be fully described hereinafter'. 1o In the drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of a portion of a grain-binder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail ofa modification or modified form ot grain-deck forming part of Iny invention.

A is the frame of a binder, and B is the rear sill thereof.

C is the inclined graindeck, and D areceptacle for receiving grain that is thrashed by 2o the operation ofthe harvester and binder.

The inclined deck is preferably corrugated or ribbed, t-he channels made thereby being iuclined, and then from the lower edge of said deck are extended lingers b, between which the 25 thrashed grain can fallinto the receptacle D' as the bundles are delivered from the deck.

The receptacle D is preferably hung to the binder-frame by means of arms D', that project from beneath the receptacle and rest upon 3o hangers c, that are secured to the under side of the sill B, the inner ends of these arms resting up against the inner sill, D, so that the preponderance ofthe receptacle will steady it in place.

It will be noticed that the receptacle D eX- tends out beyond the frame of the binder, so as to have its transverse center about in line with the lower edge of the deck, this arrangement of said receptacle and deck serving to insure 4o the catching of all the loose grain. The rear portion, d, ofthe receptacle is made removable, to admit of the latter being adjusted on the binder, so as to partly inclose the deck-frame supports E. This rear portion is heldin place by hooksf and eyes g. One end of the recep ,5 tacle may be provided with a gate or door, G, or may be entirely removable, like the rear portion of the receptacle, to admit 0f the removal of the grain, as desired.

As shown in Fig. 3, the deck may be corruo gated and of metal, and thc fingers b may be of wire.

The corrugations or grooves in the deck serve to catch the grain and guide it over and into the receptacle; but I may dispense with 55 the channels and use the receptacle on binders having ordinary decks.

By the use of my device a greater portion of the grain heretofore wasted by thrashing as itis being harvested and bound is caught and 6o saved.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a grain-binder, the combination 0f an 65 inclined corrugated binder-deck terminating in a row of fingers along the lower edge, with a receptacle placed beneath such lower edge and row of fingers, allV being arranged so that the shelled grain shall be guided down the corruga- 7o tions and fall between the lingers and into the receptacle, while the bound bundle is carried over the receptacle by the fingers, as set forth.

2. In a grain-binder, the combination, with the sills B Di", of a grain receptacle, D, having 75 a removable rear portion, d, and a gate, G, at one end thereof, arms D, projecting from bcneath the receptacle, and hangers c, secured lo the under side of the sill B to support said arms, as set forth. 8o

In testimony that Inclaim the foregoi ngI have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of W'isconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY F. CRANDALL.

Vitnesses:

S. S. STOUT, MAURICE F. FREAR. 

